Signage and decor are a beast. Ask anyone who's built a festival site. It's like getting ready for a great big house party. You want every flower in just the right place, even on the side table in the bedrooms nobody's supposed to wander into. And no matter how many scheduling..
Read MoreIt's August. If you are a spring producer, the show has been struck for months and you know exactly what this stretch of the calendar feels like, even if nobody has ever handed you a word for it. I call it load-out syndrome. Still lit, nothing running. The power is on, the lights are up, and there is no show. You are technically working. You are answering things. But the engine that ran you from January through the gates is idling, and some part of you has not fully…
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